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We are back with the 2nd episode in a series where the Linus Tech Tips writers debate, argue, and agree on some very popular PC related questions. Be sure to comment down below if you have some questions you want discussed in a future episode or if you agree with what the writers are saying in this episode!
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:25 What Stops People from Switching to Linux
3:00 Are Console Exclusives a Good Thing?
5:13 Is 8GB if VRAM Enough?
6:32 Don’t Buy Used Hardware
9:16 Macs are Better for Pros
12:31 Are Folding Phones worth the Price
14:37 What was the Best Phone Ever Made
17:13 IEMs or Over the Ear Headphones
18:27 Should I buy a Better Keyboard or Mouse?
20:22 Keyboard is ALWAYS Better for Gaming
24:10 Outro
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No Linux is scary because it’s unknown and different, literally no one knows it. Not because options
On the Linux front. I joke that most people only do one or two things with their PC. I have more hobbies than I can count on both hands and feat, and £1,000s in licensed software or plugins that have no native versions–you might get some to start under a compatibility layer but not fully working, and running them in a VM is just kind of not at all an adequate solution. I'm not trying to keep a machine as old as my lil' niece alive and on life support. So I can use Linux for some things, but it's still better to just dual-boot.
I mean I have an ASUS ProArt PX13 2-in-1 (AI 9 HX370, 24GB RAM, RTX 4060M), and some people might think NVidia was an issue–NVidia drivers keep getting better. With that laptop I had sleep/suspend issues, blueooth issues, wi-ifi issues, in every distro that was using 6.18 at the time. I was jumping from Zorin to Fedora and Kubuntu. When 6.19 dropped and it was announced there would be ASUS patches–I jumped again to CachyOS. I also have a rig with a 5900XT, 128GB RAM, RTX 5080, 12TB storage.
These are things that single-minded people might not think about. Then it's not a comfort issue, it's not a skill issue–it's a compatibility issue.
Speaking of 8GB and the 3070–yeah, I had that, and it was in my living room PC for a couple of years. It's still enough if you're playing older titles and/or using upscaling on a 4K TV that's just 60Hz. Hardware trickles down in my space–so once I upgraded to the 5080 recently, my living room rig got upgraded to a 4070 Super.
THE vest phone of all time was the iPhone 4s. My favorite phone is actually the one I'm using now. The Pixel 9a. The feature set is all I need and nothing I don't. Probably gonna keep this thing for a very long time. At least 4 years more
The Moto Z lineup was at least a great idea, but like basically every good idea Motorola had in the last ~15 years it just didn't go anywhere.
PS: I think the LG with the swappable modules was the G5 or something like that. I had the G2. Was a nice idea having the buttons on the back, combined with being able to turn the screen on and off by tapping it.
No idea what the best phone I owned was (probably the G2, as it has the least drawbacks, but I also loved the Motorola Milestone 2 back in the day), but the worst in terms on hardware was definitely the Pixel 6. Just way too heavy and unergonomic, and the fingerprint reader just sucked. Though the worst software wise probably was the Note 4, TouchWiz was just so buggy with memory leaks etc.
most people don't swap to Linux because Windows is the default
no one thinks of swapping
you get a laptop or prebuilt and its windows, your work is windows… Linux isn't even on their mind
"Experts Debate PC Questions!"
Why are there questions about mobile phones….?
19:59 Literally my setup! Are you spying on me?
17:10 Motorola moto Z the one that had moto mods like a big sensor camera, projector
The real reason MOST people don't want to switch to Linux is THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FUCK LINUX IS. And if they google it? They find neckbeards. Their old HP printer won't work. They don't know what drivers are. Gamers? They want to know about compatibility. And the answer is… trust us? Google it and face the neckbeards? And for the competent windows based gamers – you're gonna chase 10% performance gains with a pile of forks that will become abandonware as soon as you figure them out, if they aren't already abandoned?
I will be shocked if Linux ever captures 10% of (non-mobile) gaming in my lifetime. You have 40 years left, neckbeards!
"Did anyone else catch that [small detail] at 4:32? 😂 Linus totally looked at the camera like 'we messed up.'"
1: I think we're also VASTLY overestimating the technical ability of the average user. Being able to press the powerbutton and launch your game from Steam doesn't mean you even know how to make a bootable USB-drive.
2: Exclusives are never a good thing for the consumer.
3: 8GB of VRAM has been tight since the RTX2000 series. Can be done, but as a 1440p gamer at this point this has turned NVidia into Intel's "Forever 4 cores 8 threads" type of shit.
4: Used hardware can open up options that normally aren't available within a set budget. You just have to put in a bit more research.
5: Nothing is inherently better than the other. Software often determines what platform you HAVE to use.
6: No
7: Nokia E72
8: Depends on where. For working out I want InEars with the earhook (like JBL Endurance Peak). For music, or work, or gaming. Over-ears all the way.
9: Keyboard. I use that way more than a mouse and having a nice keyboard has made such a difference on the strain I was putting on my fingers. (I used to really slam the keys. Now I have a clicky keyboard with light pressure and that has completely gone away). Mouse… I would still be using my MX518 if it had survived (best mouse ever made).
10: Not always but most of the time. But that's the power of PC gaming. Use whatever peripheral is best for the use-case. Have people forgotten the Joystick? (these days people would call it flightstick…)
My favorite was also my note 4
22:00 you should see how sb737 plays minecraft
To get an answer, as Big Smoke says "Don't ask the wise, ask the fools!"
17:10 Note 9 was the final exciting phone
the dude who owns THREE belle delphine keyboard I'd expect he'd agree with keyboard is better. 😂
The idea that mac is better for "professionals" comes from youtubers and modern day reviewers. It's because their profession is content creation. "Creatives" are the people who write the reviews and talk about tech. So that's why this claims exists at all. Aside from photo and video editing there is music production where Macs are competent at, for everything else it's almost always Windows, and Linux dominates when it's not a personal workstation. So not only is Mac not better for professionals in general but the professions that benefit from a Mac are the most narrow. Additionally when Mac lags behind Windows it does significantly more severely than Windows lags behind Mac.
One thing that many Americans also fail to consider is just how unpopular Apple has been historically outside of Anglophone countries, even the likes of France or Italy. Macs up until recently were weaker than what you could get on Windows and more expensive. So outside of "creatives" very few people adopted them hence the software lags behind for everything else. Essentially if power and heavy workloads was necessary you didn't buy a Mac, and if fleet deployment for light tasks was necessary you also didn't buy Macs. If you needed a device for minor work and not much personal use, you also didn't buy a Mac. The only people that could justify the price were those with enough disposable income to buy them and without the need for beastly performance as an engineer would want out of the machine but competent enough for creative work. Either that or ironically people that again had disposable income and chose it for the lifestyle who didn't require the computer for work at all and wanted something stable rather than deal with Windows jank. Things are changing and while Mac is still mostly competent for creative work, this claim is quite old and even more ridiculous historically.
As a DJ and producer I pick IEM’s over over ear headphones 80% of the time. This has mostly to do with temperature. I think it depends on which IEMs you are using too.
OnePlus 7 Pro is the best phone I ever had. Hands down. Never had big issues. If the software would still get updates i would have never needed another phone.
What stops people switching to Linux?
The average person, the majority, simply do not care, windows works well enough a majority of the time and it runs everything out the box
Realistically why would anyone switch?
I don't know if it was the $5k tech upgrade video or the other videos he's done, but I just don't see Elijah as a "tech expert" 😆
Keybord and mouse is ALWAYS better)) i dont remember any game i playd where i was like man if only i had a controller)) driving and shooting in gta is my favorite example – you have to manipulate left stick to steer with your left thumb, push L2 to accelerate with left middle finger, aim with right stick with your left thumb, push R2 with your right middle finger and also sometimes hit the breaks and interact with missions, so 5-6 fingers to do THE MOST BASIC THING in a game))
I loved my Moto Z, it had several add-on "Mods", like a better camera, a proyector, a G-damn Alexa. But the best was the extra battery. I hay the Z, Z 2 play, Z 3 play, loved them.
As someone who had the indestructible Nokia, the gen 2 razr, and an S5 I agree with everything 😂
I played Minishoot Adventures on PC, using a mix of keyboard/mouse and controller, depending on what I was doing 😅
Do not buy an a series samsung the other two most definitely usable and good.
4:56 I mean, at least they're not Microsoft or Sony. Microsoft lays off so many developers and studios all the time. Same with Sony, but not as bad as Microsoft. Nintendo just gave all their employees a 10% raise, and Nintendo developers are generally some of the best treated in the industry. That's why they have so many veteran developers that stay for decades.